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A Hamilton pharmacist is disappointed a pharmacist hasn’t been appointed to the Government’s mental health panel, saying it’s because the profession isn’t “sexy” enough

A doctor in is calling for health guidelines to address the vitamin D deficiency in mothers and their children in southern New Zealand

A PHO has launched a new aid to improve quality of care for people taking antipsychotic medications 

Calls are growing for reduced prescriptions of fluoroquinolones due to increasing resistance and negative side effects

A New Zealand Medical Journal paper on cancer in adolescents and young adults says this country lags behind others in survival rates for the 15 to 29 age group   

A ban from selling codeine-based cold and flu tablets OTC from January 2020 has been recommended by Medsafe’s Medicines Classification Committee

Calls to Quitline double as New Year resolutions and a price hike take hold  

A prominent medical specialist says his comments suggesting selling assisted dying drugs at pharmacies is a logical solution to the euthanasia debate were taken out of context

A Pacific pharmacist group’s quest to establish itself as a formal entity has the backing of Pharmac

With 81 cases of dengue fever reported in Auckland in the past three months, GPs need to be on the lookout for symptoms